Betavoter’s New 3V Atomic Battery Can Power Your Gadget for 50 Years
https://www.electronics-lab.com/betavoters-new-3v-atomic-battery-can-power-your-gadget-for-50-years/
Beijing Betavolt New Energy Technology Co.Ltd., also known as Betavolt, has announced the BV100, a 3V “nuclear battery” for everyday use. This 15 x 15 x 5mm battery has a max output capacity of 100 microwatts (µW) and can last for 50 years without the need for a recharge. The company claims that this 3V […]
AON1120 is a Ultra-Low-Power RISC-V SoC Designed for Always-On Edge AI Applications
https://www.electronics-lab.com/aon1120-is-a-ultra-low-power-risc-v-soc-designed-for-always-on-edge-ai-applications/
At CES2024, AONDevice unveiled its new on-device machine learning chip, the AON1120. It features a RISC-V core, two NPU coprocessors, and a DSP, and operates at a remarkably low power consumption of just 260μW for full-load audio classification tasks. The AON1120 is a system-on-chip that includes a RISC-V core, a DSP, and two NPUs for […]
Espressif Systems Releases ESP32-C61 A Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth 5 SoC for Superior IoT Performance
https://www.electronics-lab.com/espressif-systems-releases-esp32-c61-a-wi-fi-6-and-bluetooth-5-soc-for-superior-iot-performance/
Espressif Systems recently launched the ESP32-C61, an advanced System-on-Chip (SoC) with Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth 5 (LE). Building on its predecessors like ESP32-C2 and ESP32-C3, it shares similar specifications but adds support for BLE Mesh 1.1 protocol and faster Quad SPI PSRAM, operating at speeds up to 120MHz. The ESP32-C61, a 32-bit single-core RISC-V microcontroller, […]
The FireBeetle 2 ESP32-C6 IoT Development Board with Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5, Solar-Powered Support
https://www.electronics-lab.com/the-firebeetle-2-esp32-c6-iot-development-board-with-wi-fi-6-bluetooth-5-solar-powered-support/
The FireBeetle 2 ESP32-C6 is a compact and energy-efficient IoT development board that features the ESP32-C6 microcontroller and supports advanced connectivity options like Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5, Zigbee 3.0, and Thread 1.3. Solar-powered charging and Target Wake Time technology for low power consumption are ideal for smart home automation, air quality, and soil monitoring projects. […]
Waveshare’s PCIe to M.2 HAT+ for Raspberry Pi 5 is Priced at $8.99
https://www.electronics-lab.com/waveshares-pcie-to-m-2-hat-for-raspberry-pi-5-is-priced-at-8-99/
Waveshare has released their new PCIe to M.2 HAT+, designed for the Raspberry Pi 5. This module is compatible with M.2 SSDs of sizes 2230 and 2242 and features a compact design at an affordable price. Update: After careful observation, I figured that there is a Design Flaw in this board: The height of the […]
This Solar Buck-Boost Module Enhances Solar and USB Power Management for Embedded Systems
https://www.electronics-lab.com/this-solar-buck-boost-module-enhances-solar-and-usb-power-management-for-embedded-systems/
Juan Flores’ Solar Buck-Boost Module is designed to charge a lithium-polymer battery using either a solar panel or USB power, providing a constant output voltage for noise-free power management for low-power applications. This board is designed to automatically switch between solar and USB power, without interrupting the attached load. This project is a module that […]
AAEON COM-R2KC6 is A High-Performance COM Express Module Based on AMD Ryzen R2000 Series CPU
https://www.electronics-lab.com/aaeon-com-r2kc6-is-a-high-performance-com-express-module-based-on-amd-ryzen-r2000-series-cpu/
AAEON COM-R2KC6 is a new COM Express module based on the Ryzen Embedded R2000 series of processors. The device comes in a Type 6 form factor and features four 4K displays and additional graphics via a PEG x4 slot, leveraging its AMD Radeon Vega 8 graphics. Previously we have covered many COM Express modules like […]
I2C DAC Controlled Electronic Load – Battery Performance Tester
https://www.electronics-lab.com/project/i2c-dac-controlled-electronic-load-battery-performance-tester/
The project presented here is an I2C electronic load, intended for testing power supplies, solar panels, batteries, and supercapacitors. The board consists of an I2C interface DAC MCP4725, OPAMP U2 acts as V to I (Voltage to Current), OPAMP U3 measures the load current across the shunt resistor and provides 0 to 4.9V Voltage with […]
Position and Speed Controller for DC Motor with Incremental Encoder
https://www.electronics-lab.com/project/position-and-speed-controller-for-dc-motor-with-incremental-encoder/
This project consists of Arduino Arduino-compatible microcontroller ATmega328, an L298 Motor driver, a Joystick, a programming connector, an Infrared sensor, and various analog and digital I/O pins. The project is Arduino compatible and can be programmed using Arduino IDE and many motor-related projects can be developed using this hardware. L298 has two H-bridges but here […]
Isolator for SPI Interface with Inbuilt DC-DC Converter
https://www.electronics-lab.com/project/isolator-for-spi-interface-with-inbuilt-dc-dc-converter/
This simple, compact solution is ideal for isolated SPI data requiring communication across different ground potentials often found in Industrial PLCs (programmable logic controllers) and Instrumentation and data acquisition systems. Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) is a protocol that is commonly used for communication between microcontrollers and peripheral ICs such as sensors, ADCs, DACs, and others. […]